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*Chicago — Chance the Rapper took the stage at the United Center for a monumental sold-out hometown show, commemorating the 10-year anniversary of his breakthrough mixtape “Acid Rap.” The event drew thousands of excited fans, turning the arena into a celebration of music, memories, and milestones. Chance plans to bring the same exhilarating energy to the […]

Chance the Rapper *Chance the Rapper celebrated his 24th birthday on Sunday (April 16) with a party that doubled as a fundraising event for his charity SocialWorks. According to Page Six, the party raised over $100,000 for the cause, which focuses on the empowerment of the youth through arts, education, and civil engineering. Tickets were […]

*Need a source of holiday inspiration? Try Chance the Rapper. According to Mic.com, the Chicago rhymesayer is making it his business to bring at least 1,000 coats to his city’s homeless population via a recent partnership with the Empowerment Plan, a Detroit-based nonprofit organization that employs homeless people from local Detroit shelters to create long, self-insulating […]

*Just days after Chance the Rapper took $1 million out of his pocket and handed it the financially-strapped Chicago Public Schools, a columnist from the Chicago Sun-Times decided to write about the artist…but not about his donation. The column, written by Mary Mitchell, is all about Chance’s “messy split from the mother of his 18-month-old daughter,” […]

[…] Jay Z launched the music streaming service Tidal, black celebrity news and technology journalism rarely intersected. Now, both celebrity gossip sites and technology journalists are buzzing about Chance the Rapper’s admission that he received a $500,000 payment from Apple. Working as a musician — and actually earning a living — is one of the most difficult […]

Chance The Rapper and Kristen Corley *For those who didn’t get the memo, Chance The Rapper wants folks who keep bringing up his old child support issue to know that it’s well … old news! Apparently one of those folks who didn’t get the memo is a Chicago Sun Times writer named Mary Mitchell who […]

Chance the Rapper (L) and Snoop Dogg *Will Smith’s new Netflix film “Bright” has been torn to pieces by critics, and now Chance the Rapper has joined the fray with what he sees as the film’s “shallow” attempt to mirror America’s race problem. Directed by David Ayer, “Bright” is set in an alternate reality where […]

Screenshot/Instagram * Chance the Rapper is catching heat from fans who are outraged that the married hip-hop star attended Carnival 2023 in Jamaica and danced “inappropriately” with another woman.  Model Mela Millz posted a video on Instagram Monday of Chance grinding on her butt, Page Six reports.  “He has no class,” one Twitter user wrote and […]

Eminem, Chance the Rapper and Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live) *Several new “Saturday Night Live” promos released Friday feature the show’s next host Chance the Rapper, musical guest Eminem and cast member Leslie Jones. “Yo, Chance, ask Eminem why he won’t battle me,” Jones says in the first clip. Chance does what he is told, asking […]

Chance the Rapper participates in an end of school year peace march and rally on June 15, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. *Chance the Rapper is the proud new owner of a local news site that covers his Chicago hometown. He announced the deal to buy Chicagoist.com, which has been on hold since November 2017, in […]

*We can only assume they didn’t do it on purpose, but power couple Kim Kardashian and Kanye West arrived late for Chance the Rapper‘s wedding. Now that you know that, you probably won’t be surprised to learn that they are catching it on social media, with the general consensus being that they did it to upstage […]

Chance the Rapper and Mo’Nique *Chance the Rapper has come forward in support of Mo’Nique and her crusade against Netflix. The Oscar winner has been accusing the streaming service of gender and racial discrimination after learning that she was offered less money for a standup comedy special than her white counterpart Amy Schumer, and both […]

Chance The Rapper attends XQ Super School Live, presented by EIF, at Barker Hangar on September 8, 2017 in Santa California. *Chance the Rapper was sued Tuesday (Sept. 12) for alleged copyright infringement over his song “Windows” from his debut mixtape “10 Day,” released in 2012. The plaintiff, a New-York based jazz musician and composer […]

* Chance the Rapper made it official with his baby mama Kirsten Cooley by popping the question but one fan was not impressed with how the Chicago native proposed to his girlfriend of five years. The “Blessings” rapper proposed to his girlfriend on Thursday at a 4th of July bbq party. He proposed to the mother of his […]

Chance the Rapper *Chance the Rapper met with Illinois’ Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner at the Thompson Center Friday morning to discuss funding for Chicago Public Schools, which is in the midst of a financial crisis, but Chance didn’t seem very hopeful about it when speaking to reporters after the meeting. “I’m a little bit flustered, just a little […]